Spiked, an online magazine for the truly right wing, is fretting that children are losing sleep over the threat of global warming. Others may think that worrying about an impending catastrophe is a perfectly natural reaction.

COPENHAGEN – Completion of European deals to trade carbon credits under the Kyoto Protocol will have to wait several more months as countries do not yet have UN approval to trade, a European Commission official said on Wednesday.

The winter that is just now passing has already been determined to be the warmest on record, nearly three quarters of a degree warmer than 2004, the previous record holder.

At some point we may actually be desperate enough to try some of the technological solutions to catastrophic global heating recently floated by scientists: artificial volcanoes, parasols in space, and faux trees.

The European Commission slashed Poland’s proposed limit on carbon dioxide (CO2) emission permits for 2008-2012 by more than a quarter on Monday, setting up a battle with Warsaw over its plan to fight climate change.

The European Union executive also cut the Czech Republic’s proposed cap by 14.8 percent, while it accepted the emissions limits proposed by France.

Green labelling of food to show the impact of its production on the environment could lead to major changes in consumption, Lucy Neville-Rolfe of British retailer Tesco said on Tuesday.